Where does “sechzigtausendfach” come from?

sechzigtausendfach (German) comes from German tausendfach, from German Tausend, from Middle High German tūsunt, from Old High German dūsunt, from Proto-West Germanic þūsundi, from Proto-Germanic þūsundī, from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont-, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

sechzigtausendfach (German): sixty thousandfold

Definitions

  1. sixty thousandfold

Ancestry of “sechzigtausendfach”, step by step

sechzigtausendfach traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German tausendfach

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantausendfachthousandfold
2GermanTausendthousand
3Middle High Germantūsunt
4Old High Germandūsuntthousand
5Proto-West Germanicþūsundithousand
6Proto-Germanicþūsundīa thousand
7Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
8Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via German sechzig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansechzigsixty
2Middle High Germansehzec
3Old High Germansehszug
4Proto-Germanicsehs tigiwizsixty
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-
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